How To Install kshutdown on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kshutdown on Ubuntu.

What is `kshutdown`

kshutdown is:

It has 4 main commands:

Shut Down (logout and halt the system),
Reboot (logout and reboot the system),
Lock Screen (lock the screen using a screen saver),
Logout (end the session and logout the user).

It features time and delay options, command line support, wizard, and sounds.

There are three methods to install kshutdown on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kshutdown Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kshutdown using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kshutdown

Install kshutdown Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kshutdown using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kshutdown

Install kshutdown Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install kshutdown using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kshutdown

How To Uninstall kshutdown on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the kshutdown package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kshutdown

Uninstall kshutdown And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kshutdown and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kshutdown

Remove kshutdown Configurations and Data

To remove kshutdown configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kshutdown

Remove kshutdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kshutdown configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kshutdown

Dependencies

kshutdown have the following dependencies:

References

kshutdown website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kshutdown package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.